Some 37.2 percent of the disaster victims still living in temporary public housing in the three prefectures hit hardest by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami are 65 or older, and roughly a quarter of the households are composed of individuals living alone. In Iwate, ...

Only 40.5 percent of government subsidies granted to Tohoku reconstruction projects by municipalities and other entities between fiscal 2011 and 2013 was used as planned, according to a review by the Board of Audit. A total of ¥3.4 trillion was extended to 102 projects ...